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MVP development for property tech startup, Homesy

Homesy US

About the company

Homesy US is a New York based startup focussed on the user experience of home buying, home improvement, and residential community building and storytelling. The Homesy platform, a mobile first hybrid web application, is designed to facilitate the creation of accurate home data by owners and renters. Using a series of data integrations from commercial data providers, individuals and families are able to claim their house on the platform and create a unique home profile, adding details like accurate valuations, recent renovation details, photos, and more, to showcase their living spaces to friends, neighbors, and potential buyers.

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The challenge

Homesy US is a New York based startup focussed on the user experience of home buying, home improvement, and residential community building and storytelling. The Homesy platform, a mobile first hybrid web application, is designed to facilitate the creation of accurate home data by owners and renters. Using a series of data integrations from commercial data providers, individuals and families are able to claim their house on the platform and create a unique home profile, adding details like accurate valuations, recent renovation details, photos, and more, to showcase their living spaces to friends, neighbors, and potential buyers.

The process

Asymm led the custom software development for the Homesy MVP (minimum viable product). The initial phase of building the MVP lasted approximately 6 months and was managed through an agile sprint-based structure. The Asymm team was given designs and product guidance from the Homesy product and design team and was tasked with full-stack feature development for both the user and administrative sides of the Homesy application.

Within the initial MVP build we were faced with several responsibilities, including software architecture planning, front-end development, backend solutions, database development, and infrastructure development and deployment. Our team consisted of 2 full-time software engineers and one dedicated project and quality assurance manager that worked closely with the Homesy team to clarify features, understand the user experience, and consistently deliver new features and functionality.

The solution

The Homesy MVP features a number of features and distinct functionality that make it a usable and viable platform for market success and user adoption. Here are a few of the distinct features of the Homesy platform that the Asymm team worked on:

User sign up

User accounts

Property claiming

Home profiles

Room profiles

Internal social feed

Social Sharing

Valuations

Technologies

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React Native

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Ruby on Rails

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Square Payments

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XCode

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Android Studio

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Lambda Test

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Figma

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Our impact

With a highly functional and featured MVP, Homesy was able to onboard its first cohort of users and generate additional angel investment rounds to support product design and development. While the Homesy platform is still in a limited access beta use stage, it has a growing user base and key functionality that its base is using to create personalized content and profiles, thus proving product market fit in key markets. Homesy looks to raise a Seed round next and grow its user base further while investing in growth marketing and additional enhancements to the platform.